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PIAA State Wrestling Tournament

Semis so far
107 Pounds
Nick McGarrity, Peters Township vs. Brayden Wenrich, Northampton
Chase Williams, CB East vs. Sam Culp, Red Land
114 Pounds
Dominick Morrison, Hatboro-Horsham vs. Wilmont Kai, Whitehall
Thunder Beard, Central Dauphin vs. Matteo Gallegos, DuBois
121 Pounds
Nick Salamone, Easton vs. Leo Joseph, Greater Latrobe
Kavin Muyleart, Cedar Cliff vs. Braiden Weaver, Altoona
127 Pounds
Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic vs. Quinn McBridge, Pennridge
Gabe Ballard, Northampton vs. Aiden Herndon, Cedar Cliff
133 Pounds
Nico Fanella, Indiana vs. Anthony Mutarelli, Council Rock South
Luke Willochell, Greater Latrobe vs. Collier Hartman, Canon McMillan
 
Watching Frinzi-Sement, but Patrick Kelly is kicking the hell out of Dominic Ferraro. Impressive win (assuming nothing goes wildly astray here in the last 30 seconds)
 
Second period reversal for Eren Sement holds up and he beats Marco Frinzi, 2-1. Not a good session for the Golden Hawks so far. Sement's reversal and rideout in the 2nd was really impressive.
 
McKaden Speece (Wilson West Lawn) beat Ramil Islamov (Baldwin) 2-1 in tiebreakers in one of the feature quarterfinals.

Evan Petrovich (Connellsville) and Gavin Carroll (Quakertown) had a track meet, a 13-11 win for Petrovich, where he was never "really" in danger (Carroll's takedown to get to 11 came with 8 seconds left) but Carroll used a couple socres to hang around.

Charlie Scanlan's second period takedown holds up to beat Lonzy Vielma for the second time this year, and keeps Bethlehem Catholic within striking distance in the team race, which is very close and very low scoring right now.

James Whitbred (State College) gets a pair of third period takedowns to beat Cade Campbell (Nazareth), the second Campbell brother to lose in the session and really puts a hurt on Nazareth's team title standing - though they've got a champ you feel pretty confident in.
 
Mario Hutcherson has outwrestled Brian Heard this whole match, just did an excellent job defending through a seat-belt/whizzer position, got back square. Then made a freshman mistake and relaxed, and Heard hit a beautiful low double to take a 5-4 lead. Hutcherson taking injury time now. Pride might hurt as much as his ankle. 29 seconds left
 
RoverNation05 said:
Mario Hutcherson has outwrestled Brian Heard this whole match, just did an excellent job defending through a seat-belt/whizzer position, got back square. Then made a freshman mistake and relaxed, and Heard hit a beautiful low double to take a 5-4 lead. Hutcherson taking injury time now. Pride might hurt as much as his ankle. 29 seconds left
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Hutcherson gets out to tie, tries to inside trip, Heard kind of funks through it and puts a leg in. 8-5 final for the Abington Heights senior, but a really fun match. Hutcherson is down on the side, I hope he does not default out. Two really high level guys. All Hutcherson early, all Heard late. Experience matters.
 
No idea how Kendahl Hoare didn't just win that match. Dom Sumpolec rides out the second period. In the last 30 seconds, Hoare hit a beautiful slideby that Sumpolec sat and switched out of, then Hoare went re-attack double and had him sooooooo close to takedown criteria on the edge. As he tried to improve, he picked his foot up and lost the supporting point in bounds with 3 seconds left. Can't believe he didn't score in either exchange. Notre Dame's Dominic Sumpolec going to semis.
 
Rest of your semis
139 Pounds
Tahir Parkins, Nazareth vs Kai Vielma, Connellsville
Patrick Kelly, CB West vs Myles Grossman, Gettysburg
145 Pounds
Dalton Perry, Central Mountain vs Michael Turi, West Scranton
Eren Sement, CRN vs McKaden Speece, WWL
152 Pounds
Maddox Shaw, Thomas Jefferson vs Luke Knox, Perkiomen Valley
Evan Petrovich, Connellsville vs James Whitbred, State College
160 Pounds
Collin Gaj, Quakertown vs Charlie Scanlan, Bethlehem Catholic
Jon Smith, Oxford vs Luke Sipes, Altoona
172 Pounds
Asher Cunningham, State College vs Connor Wetzel, Shikellamy
Brian Heard, Abington Heights vs Bode Marlow, Thomas Jefferson
189 Pounds
Tyler Morrison, West Perry vs Dom Sumpolec, Notre Dame
Brandon Carr, Sun Valley vs Brayden Zuercher, Nazareth
215 Pounds
Elijah Brown, Belle Vernon vs Jake Conroy, Ringgold
Cooper Roscosky, Kiski Area vs Roman Thompson, PCC
285 Pounds
Dean Bechtold, OJR vs Guner Hiller, Cedar Cliff
Max Roy, SJP vs Shep Turk, Thomas Jefferson

Team Standings (medals)
1. Bethlehem Catholic 47.5 (5)
2. Connellsville 46 (5)
3. Nazareth 40 (4)
4. Notre Dame 39 (3)
5. Thomas Jefferson 38 (3 - all in semis)
6. Altoona 35.5 (3)
7. Northampton 34 (4)
8. Cedar Cliff 29 (3 - all in semis)
9. Greater Latrobe 28 (3)
10. Council Rock South 27.5 (2)
11. Easton 26 (1)
12. Kiski Area 25.5 (3)
 
Nick Salamone to finals!!! Gives the Rovers their first finalist since 2022 and a chance to win their first title since 2011 (the longest drought in school history). He’ll have Kavin Muyleart from Cedar Cliff tomorrow.

Big story so far is Wilmony Kai (Whitehall) upsetting Dom Morrison (Hatboro-Horsham) in overtime. He scored in the last forty seconds to tie it, nearly had the takedown in OT to win it, then after getting ridden out in the first tiebreaks, got a turn to win 6-4 in the second tiebreaker. He’s Whitehall’s first finalist I think since Tim McGoldrick in 2005. He can be Whitehall’s second ever champ, joining Christian Franco in 2002. Kai has only been wrestling for three years, and insane progression from the junior. And Tim Cunningham is one of the all time good guys who has coached at Whitehall forever, happy to see him get somebody to the last match of the season.
 
Other semi thoughts

Brayden Wenrich snuck some backpoints in to get to the 107 final. McGarrity was game, thought he out wrestled him for most of the match, but Wenrich found the offensive score.

Chase Williams a surprise finalist from CB East.

Kai will wrestle Matteo Gallegos in the final, who won his second tiebreakers match of the day. Not for the faint of heart

I didn’t see any of the Muyleart-Weaver match at 121, but Muyleart is wrestling with his hair on fire. Salamone better be game tomorrow.

Keanu Dillard and Gabe Ballard both tech called their way into finals. A spectacular all D11 final.

Mutarelli comfortably won, he’ll see the ever dangerous Luke Willochell tomorrow.

Tahir Parkins has teched his way through the tournament. Nice win for Patrick Kelly kind of cruising on the other side.

Dalton Perry had a second period takedown stand up against Michael Turi. Even match, Perry had one clean look and hit it. Sement wrestling now and solidly in control.
 
Big favorites all cruising - Gaj by tech, Cunningham by tech, Shaw by major.

Evan Petrovich avenged his west region loss to Whitbred with a 4-1 win to get to finals.
 
Max Roy just got a gift on his first takedown. Shep Turk reversed him immediately, and the Thomas Jefferson coaches are HOT that it was a takedown then a reversal, not just a takedown for Turk.

This match is so sloppy
 
RoverNation05 said:
Other semi thoughts

Brayden Wenrich snuck some backpoints in to get to the 107 final. McGarrity was game, thought he out wrestled him for most of the match, but Wenrich found the offensive score.

Chase Williams a surprise finalist from CB East.

Kai will wrestle Matteo Gallegos in the final, who won his second tiebreakers match of the day. Not for the faint of heart

I didn’t see any of the Muyleart-Weaver match at 121, but Muyleart is wrestling with his hair on fire. Salamone better be game tomorrow.

Keanu Dillard and Gabe Ballard both tech called their way into finals. A spectacular all D11 final.

Mutarelli comfortably won, he’ll see the ever dangerous Luke Willochell tomorrow.

Tahir Parkins has teched his way through the tournament. Nice win for Patrick Kelly kind of cruising on the other side.

Dalton Perry had a second period takedown stand up against Michael Turi. Even match, Perry had one clean look and hit it. Sement wrestling now and solidly in control.
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Patrick Kelly had to scramble late to pull that one out. Two years in a row he’s surprised at states.
 
3A State Finals
107: Brayden Wenrich, Northampton vs Connor Williams, CB East
114: Wilmont Kai, Whitehall vs Matteo Gallegos, DuBois
121: Nick Salamone, Easton vs Kavin Muyleart, Cedar Cliff
127: Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic vs Gabe Ballard, Northampton
133: Anthony Mutarelli, Council rock South vs Luke Willochell, Greater Latrobe
139: Tahir Parkins, Nazareth vs Patrick Kelly, CB West
145: Dalton Perry, Central Mountain vs Eren Sement, Council Rock North
152: Maddox Shaw, Thomas Jefferson vs Evan Petrovich, Connellsville
160: Collin Gaj, Quakertown vs Luke Sipes, Altoona
172: Asher Cunningham, State College vs Bode Marlow, Thomas Jefferson
189: Tyler Morrison, West Perry vs Brandon Carr, Sun Valley
215: Elijah Brown, Belle Vernon vs Cooper Roscosky, Kiski Area
285: Dean Bechtold, Owen J Roberts vs Max Roy, St Joseph’s Prep

Finalists by District
1 - 7 (!)
11 - 6
7 - 6
6 - 3
3 - 2
9 - 1
12 - 1
 
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RoverNation05 said:
I don't think so, no. I think he makes the final, but Bechtold is a whole different animal.

Roy is a surprisingly skilled wrestler, given how it's obviously not his priority (nor should it be). He dominates most kids. Where he's struggled is the national caliber/DIvision I types (Sean Kinney, Nick Pavlechko, etc.) who are big enough to not just get horsed by him, and have just another level of skill and mat savvy, that comes from being full-er time wrestlers. Bechtold is considerably better than Pavlechko. Bechtold is actually a significantly better wrestler than Roy is a football player, which seems like an outrageous statement, but Bechtold is legitimately one of the 15 best prospects in his recruiting class. He's a five star.
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Bechtold is significantly better at wrestling than one of the top DL recruits for the national champion known for DL play is at football. I think that statement more than just seems outrageous
 
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Bechtold is significantly better at wrestling than one of the top DL recruits for the national champion known for DL play is at football. I think that statement more than just seems outrageous
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I mean, Max Roy is the 355th ranked football player in his class. Dean Bechtold is the 14th ranked wrestler in his class. Dean Bechtold as a wrestling recruit is more like D’Andre Swift was as a football recruit.

The expectations for Dean Bechtold as a college wrestler are “he is one of the guys competing to be an individual national champion” then he’s in the mix to represent the USA at 265 pounds. I don’t think the expectation around Roy is that he’s in the mix to be an All American or first round draft pick. That statement was more to illustarate that Dean Bechtold is the cream of the crop, not that Max Roy sucks.

If you want to talk defensive linemen from Philly, I don’t think Max Roy is Shariff Floyd. Dean Bechtold is Shariff Floyd-esque
 
3A Team Standings (finalists)
1. Bethlehem Catholic 67 (1)
2. Northampton 64 (2)
3. Connellsville 63 (1)
4. Thomas Jefferson 61 (2)
5. Nazareth 60 (1)

Wins in the finals are worth four, plus bonus points. Everybody but Connellsville has one pretty solid favorite to win, Northamtpon-Becahi have a head-to-head finals.

Becahi (107, 145, 160, 172) and Connellsville (107, 121, 139, 160) have four guys who will wrestle medal matches this morning, Nazareth (133, 152, 189) has three, Northampton (133, 285) has two, TJ (285) has one. Very likely Becahi and Connellsville have a head to head for third at 160. Also could be a head to head for third between Thomas Jefferson and Northampton at 285, and Nazareth and Northampton at 133. Connellsville also won’t wrestle the 121 7th place match as Nolan Rice has medically defaulted out of the tournament and will finish 8th.
 
On the Girls side, the team standings are ridiculously close.

Girls Standings (finalists)
1. Easton 50.5 (2)
2. Palisades 48 (2)
3. Chestnut Ridge 47 (2)
4. Quakertown 46 (2)
5. Montgomery 45 (1)

Both of Chestnut Ridge’s girls are favored in the finals. Easton, Palisades, and Quakertown all have one big favorite. Easton has on alive for 7th place, Montgomery has three alive for medals, but their finalist wrestles national #1 from Easton Aubre Krazer.
 
Emilio Albanese just majored Dom Morrison. I had that as a final, not a consy semi, but Albanese wrestled incredibly well there. I thought he kind of got screwed in the quarter (that many cautions are usually on the ref, not the kid) which dropped him out of the championship round. He’ll see his big rival wrestle in finals tonight after he wrestles for third in an hour or so.
 
Wagner and Campbell both lose. Really hurts Nazareth and Northamptons team title hopes. They’ll wrestle for 5th. Northamptons only path might be Ballard beating Dillard.
 
Charlie Scanlan wins in OT, and Shane McGillin gets a late takedown to beat Brian Heard, both within seconds of each other. Puts Becahi in control of the team race.
 
Medalists at 107 (with state ranking entering tournament)
3rd: #2 Nick McGarrity, Peters Township
4th: #4 Sam Kulp, Red Land
5th: #8 Dom Powell, Upper Dublin
6th: #9 Tommy Gretz, Connellsville
7th: #3 Nico Emili, Bethlehem Catholic
8th: #23 Jackson Max, Emmaus

Medalists at 114
3rd: #2 Emilio Albanese, Emmaus
4th: #4 Thunder Beard, Central Dauhin
5th: #1 Dom Morrison, Hatboro-Horsham
6th: #15 Jayden Lee, Radnor
7th: #8 Dylan Barrett, Penn Trafford
8th: #22 Gus Smith, Spring-Ford

Medalists at 121
3rd: #1 Braiden Weaver, Altoona
4th: #4 Leo Joseph, Greater Latrobe
5th: #5 Elijah Hewitt, Northeastern
6th: #8 Will Yordy, Gettysburg
7th: #10 Marco Loss, Council Rock North
8th: #7 Nolan Rice, Connellsville
 
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Medalists at 107 (with state ranking entering tournament)
3rd: #2 Nick McGarrity, Peters Township
4th: #4 Sam Kulp, Red Land
5th: #8 Dom Powell, Upper Dublin
6th: #9 Tommy Gretz, Connellsville
7th: #3 Nico Emili, Bethlehem Catholic
8th: #23 Jackson Max, Emmaus

Medalists at 114
3rd: #2 Emilio Albanese, Emmaus
4th: #4 Thunder Beard, Central Dauhin
5th: #1 Dom Morrison, Hatboro-Horsham
6th: #15 Jayden Lee, Radnor
7th: #8 Dylan Barrett, Penn Trafford
8th: #22 Gus Smith, Spring-Ford

Medalists at 121
3rd: #1 Braiden Weaver, Altoona
4th: #4 Leo Joseph, Greater Latrobe
5th: #5 Elijah Hewitt, Northeastern
6th: #8 Will Yordy, Gettysburg
7th: #10 Marco Loss, Council Rock North
8th: #7 Nolan Rice, Connellsville
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Medalists at 127
3rd: #3 Santino Sloboda, Butler
4th: #8 Aiden Herndon, Cedar Cliff
5th: #5 Dom Canali, Trinity
6th: #13 Quinn McBride, Pennridge
7th: #4 Dalton Wenner, Cranberry
8th: #9 Mason Whitney, Abington Heights

Medalists at 133
3rd: #2 Nico Fanelli, Indiana
4th: #8 Collier Hartman, Canon McMillan
5th: #5 Trey Wagner, Northampton
6th: #4 Jack Campbell, Nazareth
7th: #14 Drew Scherer, Boiling Springs
8th: #9 Tanner Berkenstock, Notre Dame
 
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Medalists at 139:
3rd: #3 Kai Vielma, Connellsville
4th: #7 Patrick Woloshyn, Council Rock South
5th: #4 Blake Boyer, Kennett
6th: #6 Myles Grossman, Gettysburg
7th: #11 Gavin Ciampoli, Altoona
8th: #14 CJ Feree, Central Dauphin

Medalists at 145
3rd: #2 Michael Turi, West Scranton
4th: #5 McKaden Speece, Wilson West Lawn
5th: #6 Marco Frinzi, Bethlehem Catholic
6th: #7 Kane Langel, Kennett
7th: #4 Ramil Islamov, Baldwin
8th: #8 Ian Longenberger, Boiling Springs
 
Wilmont Kai wins it for Whitehall, he dominated Matteo Gallegos, second ever state champ for the Zephyrs and first for longtime head coach Tim Cunningham.

Keanu Dillard beat Gabe Ballard for his third state title and clinched the team title for Becahi. He’ll go for 4 next year. Gives Becahi 35 state champs, but stays one behind Easton (36) with Salamone winning the match before. Clearfield (48), Canon Mac (42), and Waynesburg (38) are the top 3.
 
Mutarelli dominated.

Parkins by tech fall.

Aaron Seidel and Jax Forest wrestled one of the best finals of all time in 2A at 133. Forrest denied Seidel his fourth title.
 
Eren Sement rides Dalton Perry for the entire third period to win 1-0. Perry wasn’t going to get out of it was a 15 minute period. Sement goes 3-3-3-1 for his career. Perry wins a title as a freshman, then never again.
 
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Maddox Shaw converts a second period double and rides most of the third to beat Evan Petrovich 4-2. Second title for Shaw.

Collin Gaj well on his way to beating Luke Sipes for his second state title.
 
Asher Cunningham gets taken down but otherwise handled Bode Marlow 9-5.

Tyler Morrison used a Jermaine Jones tilt to blow open his match and beat Brandon Carr 10-1.
 
Elijah Brown beats Cooper Roscosky for the 5th time this year to win a title. Talk about a great year for him.

Dean Bechtold techs Max Roy in 3 minutes to win heavyweight. That’s a wrap from Hershey. I’ll have larger thoughts with more time. Might go 3,000 words on Salamone and Jody.
 
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Elijah Brown beats Cooper Roscosky for the 5th time this year to win a title. Talk about a great year for him.

Dean Bechtold techs Max Roy in 3 minutes to win heavyweight. That’s a wrap from Hershey. I’ll have larger thoughts with more time. Might go 3,000 words on Salamone and Jody.
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Rover, great stuff all season!! I appreciate your dedication to the sport, Time to get ready for the BIG 10 semis.
 
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